FIJI LADY BROWNED.
HUSBAND'S SAD DISCOVERY. [FROM OUR OIV.V CORRESPONDENT.] SUVA. Dec. 4. A sad fatality occurred in Fiji - last week, when the wife of Mr. Alfred Start was found drowned in the sea at Suva Point, about two miles from town. Mrs. Sturt left home in the forenoon without saying where she was going. When her husband went homo for lunch and found she had not returned ho sought the help of the police inspector. After a short search they found the dead body, partly undressed, in about 2ft. of water some 50vds. from shore, near where Mrs. Sturt was in the habit of bathing. Mrs. Sturt had a nervous breakdown some months ago, and went to New Zealand for a change and medical advice. The doctor advised her to come home, and she only arrived by the Maktira last Fridnv. She was born in Levtika 42 years' ago. S!iC ( was the fourth daughter of the late Captain i\t. Wilson and was prominent in musical circles 'up to a few years ago- j
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18887, 9 December 1924, Page 7
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